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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Linux problems Post 17657 by LivinFree on Tuesday 19th of March 2002 04:34:18 AM
Old 03-19-2002
The newer kernel offers more hardware support, as always, but it also offers more security, like the new firewalling code. It should also offer better memory management (which should help even more in your first problem! Too much swapping is bad for media - too slow... Real memory works much better).

Kernel upgrades take time to get used to, and even longer to master. The first time I compiled my own kernel, it took me 3 or 4 tries to get one that booted completely. Go through the config (I like using "make menuconfig"), and only enable things you need, otherwise your kernel will not boot. Something have to be built in, like drivers for your disk and whatnot. Use the description (The hotkey is F1 or F2, I think) of each item in the config to see if you'll need it. If you want it, but don't need it, you could always build it as a Module.

The best thing, probably, is to just try rebuilding until it works. Just make sure to keep notes on what config you used, and try to know what hardware you use beforehand.

Good luck with the recompile!
 

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ntfsfix

NTFSFIX(8)						      System Manager's Manual							NTFSFIX(8)

NAME

       ntfsfix - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS

SYNOPSIS

       ntfsfix [options] device

DESCRIPTION

       ntfsfix is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems.  ntfsfix is NOT a Linux version of chkdsk. It only repairs some fundamental NTFS
       inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows.

       You may run ntfsfix on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other way and it can't be mounted.

OPTIONS

       Below is a summary of all the options that ntfsfix accepts.  Nearly all options have two equivalent names.  The short name is preceded by -
       and  the  long name is preceded by --.  Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.
       -fv is equivalent to -f -v.  Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.

       -h, --help
	      Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

       -V, --version
	      Show the version number, copyright and license

BUGS

       There are no known problems with ntfsfix.  If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:
       linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net

AUTHORS

       ntfsfix was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs Szakacsits.

AVAILABILITY

       ntfsfix is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available from:
       http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37

       The manual pages are available online at:
       http://man.linux-ntfs.org/

SEE ALSO

       mkntfs(8), ntfsprogs(8)

ntfsprogs 1.13.1						   January 2006 							NTFSFIX(8)
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